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Keith Moon
Two Sides Of The Moon
(MCA ,1975)
Who drummer bares posterior in words and music.
When the 'Deluxe Edition' of Keith Moon's only solo album came out in 2006, it became one of the few prestige reissues of the rock era to include the words "horrendous", "bona fide turkey" and "really shitty record" in its sleevenotes (the latter two phrases were in relation to a cover of Brian Wilson's Don't Worry Baby that allegedly made its composer burst into tears of pain). But if this 1975 LP is absolute proof of why some studios have a no drink or drugs rule, it would be a hard heart that couldn't rejoice a little in its wrongness or be moved by its folly. Created because The Who were between albums and their drummer needed to be kept busy, it saw uncontrollable boozer Moon gathering Los Angeles pals and sessioneers including Ringo Starr, Dick Dale, Klaus Voorman and Harry Nilsson in a studio. He then proceeded to brazenly ignore his inability to sing with reeling approximations of In My Life and The Kids Are Alright. At just 29 minutes, and with Moon only drumming on three of the tracks, it does at least prove that when he let you down, he did it spectacularly. His minder Dougal Butler called it "the most expensive karaoke album ever made", and interested parties should track down Moon the Loon, Butler's prank-packed memoir of life with the late Keith, if only to find out what "doing a Cyril Lord" means.
Ian Harrison
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 24/06/2009
Further Listening
The Who – My Generation (Brunswick, 1965)
John Entwistle’s Ox – Mad Dog (Track, 1975)
Derek and Clive – Come Again (Virgin, 1977)
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